Hot-water bottle



June 16, 1925. 1,542,276 C. SMALL HOT WATER BOTTLE Filed Nov. 21, 1923 Patented. J one J 16, 1925.

oLA nNoE SMALL, or BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

HOT-WATER BoT'rLEl Application filed November 21, 1923. Serial No. 676,092.

To all whom it may concern; I

Be it known that I, CLARENCE SMALL,

citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hot-Water Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in hot water bottles, and has more particular reference to a bottle wherein the same is composed of a non-collapsible puncture proof material, preferably aluminum, hardened rubber, or. fiber, whereby there will be little liability of the same becoming. disrupted and the contents discharged upon the patient, which is now a prevalent disadvantage in hot water bottlesuniversally used.

One ofthe primary objects of'my invention resides in the provision of such a hotwater bottle wherein the same is so shaped as to permit the same to lie flush with the different parts of the body of the patient for thereby dispensing with any discomfort that would otherwise be present.

A still further object is to provide art article of the above character that may be employed also as a syringe, and this byimerely replacing the stopper used whenthe article is employed in the hot water bottle by a somewhatsimilar stopper that is provided with an, outlet to which is attached one end of the usual rubber tubing for allowing the contents thereof to discharge through the tubing when. the bottle is inverted.

With the above and other objects in view, as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form ofhot water bottle hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevational' view of a.

hot water bottle constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof. Figures 3 and 4 are detailed vertical and transverse sectional views taken substantially -upon the lines 3-3 and 44 respectively Now, having particular reference to the drawings, wherein there is disclosed a combina'tion'hot water bottle and syringe constructed in accordance with this invention, the same comprises a body portion 5 and a neck portion 6 the upper end of which flares outwardly for providing a filling funnel 7. The body and neck portions forming said bottle are integrally joined together and are composed of a non-frangible and non-collapsible material, preferably aluminum, hard rubber, orfiber, molded into the shape shown.

The body portion 5 of the bottle is preferably of rectangular shape, the rear wall 8 of which is concaved in a. direction of its length, the front wall. 9 thereof being convex in the direction of its width for consequently allowing the bottle to be placcd upon the parts of the body affected, and this without causing any discomfort to the patient, it being of course understood that by manu facturing a bottle of this nature from metal, hard rubber, or fiber, there will be little or no liability of the same becoming punctured and consequently allowing the contents thereofto discharge upon the patient.

Within the neck portion 6 of the bottle, there is formed, as shown in Figure 3, screw threads 10 for receiving the usual screw threaded stopper 11, or the type of stopper 12 shown in Figure 5, as desirable, said last mentioned stopper being of conventional form, that is provided with a central passage in communication with which is the one end of a flexible tubing 13, to the other end of which may be attached any form of syringe fitting for allowing the device to be employed as a syringe.

' The end of this bottle opposite from the. neck portion is formed with a lug 0r ear 14L that is provided with an opening 15, whereby the device may be inverted and supported upon a hook or other element for allowing may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 5 Patent is:

A hot Water bottle comprising a body "formed of rigid material having opposite side walls, one of the side walls being concaved transversely oft-he body and the opposite side 'Witll being eonvexed longitu- 10 dinally of the body.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLARENCE SMALL. 

